Atlas Ocean Voyages Reviews

Everything was amazing. The rooms are beautiful and spacious, we love the food and the ship. The smaller ship let you meet almost everyone and make new friends. All the Port were fun. We worked traveling during the night and docking at a Newport every day. Five star would recommend this trip to everyone.

We'll be back!

This is a great cruise for an inactive person, even when excursions are running. The rooms are very luxurious; it felt like a 5 star floating hotel room. The food was very tasty and the servers were superb. We had 5 days out of our 8 day journey affected by unseasonably cold weather with large waves, high wind gusts, sleet and snow. This caused us to stay in port for several days. It was there that we found Atlas sorely lacking. Their concierge staff was unable to pivot to provide alternative programming both on and the boat and off. We did better with google. On the one excursion they were able to provide, they charged us $295 pp to attend a geothermal spa in place of the $50 admission fee (+ the spa offered free transportation for the 10 minute ride to and from the facility to port). Talk about price gouging! It was totally our fault for not checking the difference in cost but we can't believe that when we were trapped on the boat, Atlas still needed to make 6x profit on an excursion. We won't be taking another Atlas cruise.

This was a wonderful trip. The ship was beautiful. The staff were outstanding and the food was delicious. I want to especially call out Hamilton and Jose (who were our servers for dinner every night). They took fabulous care of us. And I'd also like to call out Abdos (hope I spelled his name correctly). He was the steward who took care of us and our room. I couldn't believe how attentive he was! Earnie Rea was the storyteller on board who gave a number of talks relating to the areas we were visiting. He was outstanding - informative and entertaining. This was our first Atlas Cruise. We'd definitely take another cruise with them.

I was a bit wary of going on such a small cruise ship especially with so many sea days. It turned out to be just great. Without a doubt, this is the best cruise we have ever been on. There was 180 of us as we cruised through the Caribbean and we stopped in locations that are not accessible to other cruise ships. There were included excursions that are thought were set ups for shopping, but it was quite the opposite. Each activity was of very high quality with an abundance of information about each island and the history of the country. As we crossed the Atlantic to the Azores there was only 82 of us aboard. All of the service people called us by name. We greeted the captain, the chef and the rest of the ship's officers at least once everyday as they went about their business. The food was incredible and nothing was spared because we were a small group. Several days were available to visit the bridge and converse with the captain and also visit the galley during non meal times when it is very busy down there. Once we arrived in Europe we spent an extra week touring and at the end of the trip my wife and I agreed that all of the best food that we had was on the ship. It was an incredible experience and we are already looking into our next Atlas cruise to Norway or Antarctica.

Ride in a bus for 3 hours, stop somewhere for 20 minutes. That was an example of one of our excursions. What about arranging a hike, going to a farm and try your hand at milking a cow, go to a distillery, for example.

This cruise was the epitome of what small ship cruising is all about. Less than 200 passengers, accessed small ports bigger ships couldn't possibly use such as the heart of London on the Thames. The heart of Dublin, and several small island inaccessible to large ships. Small enough to meet almost all the passengers and to know the staff. A great cruise line that is still relatively new to the industry.

Too short. Cruising up the Thames and under Tower Bridge was the highlight.

World Traveller is a fantastic yacht with very luxurious features. The room (Horizon Stateroom) was spacious, well appointed and the shower was excellent. Service onboard was second to none, and there was rarely a wait for anything, from drinks to a table for evening meals. Great staff! Will definitely look at booking another Atlas cruise in the near future.

The Atlas small ship/yacht experience sure beats hitting a small port town with 30,000 of your closest friends. Embarkation/debarkation were effortless. No waiting in lines, even at the buffet. Accommodations and food were excellent. By the end of the cruise, I knew almost all guests, at least by sight if not name.

I'll start by saying that this was a fabulous week. The yacht is beautiful and our stateroom was comfortable and well appointed, even though we chose the lowest category. There weren't many drawers or shelves, but hanging space and bathroom storage was ample. We were drawn to the ports, mostly quite small and quaint, keeping us away from large cruise ships and their passengers. That said, we traveled around a national holiday in France and European tourists were everywhere, and in large numbers. That didn't detract much from the port experience. The cultural immersion in Mallorca was wonderful. I made the mistake, though, of expected meals similar to those on Oceania and the food somehow did not compare favorably, as beautifully presented as it was. Some portions was miniscule (one small scallop as an appetizer?) and some dishes just missed the mark. Service was spotty; it was consistently difficult to get coffee in the dining room during breakfast, even though there were plenty of crew members around. Paula's Pantry, however, was a blessing. We weren't expecting much onboard entertainment, but we were still disappointed by the scarcity. The cruise director, Julie, is a wonderful singer. It seemed odd to have a guest singer who performed in a similar style on the two nights she was featured. That choice seemed redundant to me. With only one guest performer, why not have something completely different? Having an additional onboard pianist is basic, too. I am certainly not comparing to the big ships. We found a lot more to do and more variety in entertainment on Windstar and Oceania sailings. The guest chefs were fun but only offered one interactive event, a pizza making class. They were great, but little else encouraged passengers to interact. There was no trivia (OK, I'm a geek). I'd say that I was more surprised than disappointed at how little was happening onboard. We often explore independently, but on this cruise we almost had no choice. There were very few excursions to choose from and they booked up quickly. I had received a message before sailing to not choose an excursion for Mallorca because of the included immersion, but that was scheduled for the evening. We would have liked the train tour during the day, but it was filled to capacity. As others have pointed out, the "free wifi" was problematic. Ours ran out by the ed of the second day and we hardly used it. I sent out maybe 6-8 messages but was told "something must have been running in the background". My bad, I didn't turn off wifi when not in use. I have gotten by with the most basic internet packages on other cruises and have never run out. I'd like to end positively, though. I would definitely sail with Atlas again. Overall, it really was a great experience. Next time I will know what to expect. We'll be back on Oceania and Windstar, too, probably sooner.

disappointed by the Free tours and and night dinner was not up to the standard expected. However lunch and breakfast were fantastic, expect for the fruit. I expected delicious fruit from area.

We had a great trip on board of the World Voyager. From the captain to our steward, the crew was friendly, helpful, professional and amazing. We visited every Island on this voyage and the excursions were educational and so much fun. We can highly recommend Atlas Voyages !!!

we enjoyed every aspect of the cruise on the World Voyager, part of Atlas Ocean Voyages. The ship was extremely comfortable, just enough entertainment, the staff was exceptional. The food was great and good variety. The excursions were fun.

The positives: great cruise director, very good (if sometimes inconsistent) galley, interesting guest speakers, nice ship, mostly terrific wait staff, cabin stewards, etc. The negatives: several very poor quality shore excursions, limited/non-existent ground transportation from dock to town at several locations (ship didn't even bother calling for taxis), poorly planned special events (one ending so late that all on-board restaurants were already closed when everyone returned), poor choice of many destinations when much better options were fairly close by (such as Essaouira instead of Safi, Morocco, Port Vendres instead of Couilliere, France, Portimao instead of Tavira, Portugal), and a cabin (Horizon Deluxe) with as poor a floorplan as we've ever encountered: the "suite" portion was basically a glorified dressing area with a love seat and no desk (plus as sconce where the missing desk was supposed to be, so we kept walking into it), no cabin upgrades even though the ship sailed 25-45% empty on our both legs.

The employees were great and the food was good. The internet system is deplorable. We went days without access. The TV in our suite never worked and after contacted reception 4 x’s we just gave up. The land excursions were an embarrassment. One whole excursion had to be refunded when the guests returned that day. And there were others that should have been returned. IF you are an independent traveler and do not utilize the ships shore excursions and can want to use the internet when on shore this is a nice ship. It is small and the people we meet were friendly.

Everything was perfect! We enjoy a lot

To begin, leaving from the Casablanca port was very confusing. There was no signage and no one to tell us where to go. It is a commercial port. It also requires only certain taxis that can take you to the entry. This should have been explained to us. The ship is very nice and the staff is incredible! However, the food (dinner and lunch) was a huge disappointment. The last meal we had was not edible. On a good note: the "Baker" on the ship was great with delicous breads and pastries.

This exceeded my expectations. It was a great cruise. The only drawback is the wi-fi, but this helped to focus on vacationing and not work.

We had a marvelous time! Loved all the excursions we joined (except one, which ended up being discounted), food was excellent, service quietly perfect, a true pleasure! Thanks to Kevin Vance for being so thorough and for finding us a lovely one night inn in Barbados, Sweetfield Manor.